Bacon's first suggestion is for men to stand in front of a woman wearing headphones, wave and tell her to take the headphones off. Then he recommends men deliver a winning line like, "I know it's not normal for people to talk to someone with headphones in, but I... thought, 'Wow, she's hot. I have to come over and say hi.'"

Next, Bacon suggests men avoid common mistakes like "not leading the conversation" and "giving up too easily." Amazingly, he writes that women will "ignore a guy's attempts to converse with her [to] see what he will do next," because they "like to test guys to see how confident they really are" — not because they actually just, ya know, really want to be left alone.

In an email to Mic, Bacon said he never intended to promote street harassment with his piece. (He seems to have since deleted it entirely, as the only available online version is cached.)

"My intention isn't to offend people. ...[My] intention and mission has always been to give guys the confidence and skills to succeed," Bacon said.

However, Bacon said he stands by his message, and he's actually successfully tried this approach alongside his clients.

"I approached a number of women with headphones in, walking their dog, ordering a coffee from a cafe, sitting alone in a shopping mall food court and so on," he said. "Women didn't ever complain."

Regardless, Twitter users have responded to his advice column with scorn and sarcasm.

How to Approach a Girl Wearing Headphones - Don't - Leave her alone - Ur not entitled to her attention no matter how attractive u find her

@Dan_Modern_Man In response to your recent article about 'Making' a woman with headphones on talk to you...pic.twitter.com/eoFXtQh2Mt

In all seriousness though @Dan_Modern_Man pretty much lists every single thing a woman would hate you to do. EVERY.SINGLE.THING.

last time a man asked me to take my headphones off, it was bc i couldn't hear his screams from resting my knee on his windpipe

While many people clearly think Bacon's advice is offensive, his column does beg the question — is it ever OK to approach a woman in a public space?

Mic previously asked a few dating coaches that very question. While dating coach Francesca Hogi said last month it's occasionally kosher for a man to approach a woman in public, provided it's done politely and respectfully, she disagreed with Bacon that men should continue to talk to women if they don't appear interested.

In fact, Hogi said, if a woman acts like she's not interested, she probably isn't.

"What comes off as creepy is when a man tries to wear her down," Hogi said, urging men to remember that they "have no right to expect that she wants [their] advances.'"

In short, when it comes to the question of whether it's ever OK to approach a woman wearing headphones, the consensus appears to be: nope!

"Women have so many men talking to them on the street," Hogi said, adding it's "really hard to do that" in a respectful way.

For his part, Bacon admitted while he might not have used the "best choice of words" in his blog post, he still disagrees with those who take issue with his advice.

"I'm not asking feminists to agree with me or even read my blog. My blog is for men," he said. "I will always continue to help men to succeed with their dating and relationship lives. Even if it pisses off some people who have a different point of view."